6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons
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The 6th Dragoons was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1689 as Sir Albert Cunningham's Regiment of Dragoons. One of the regiment's most notable battles was the Battle of the Boyn
Badge of the Inniskilling Dragoons
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
c. 1751 painting of a regimental private
Memorial window at St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen
Lawrence Oates
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Lawrence Edward Grace "Titus" Oates was a British army officer, and later an Antarctic explorer, who died from hypothermia during the Terra Nova Expedition when he walked from his tent into a freezing
6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons
…Field Marshal Lord Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, served with the regiment from 1882-1900. Captain Lawrence 'Titus' Oates was an officer in the regiment. The Royal Dragoon Guards commemorates Oates each year on St Patrick's Day which was his birthday and the day he died…
Oates, c. 1911
Oates's primary task on the expedition was to attend to its horses.
Oates (far right) at the South Pole on 18 January 1912 as part of the Terra Nova Expedition. From left to right: Wilson, Bowers, Evans, Scott and Oates.
Monument to Oates, close to Holy Trinity Church, Meanwood, Leeds